Clothes-hook.



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PATENT O MER GAGN ON, OF VVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT.

CLOTHES-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,214, dated December Application filed August 16, 1902. Serial No. 119,895. (No model.)

' To all whom it may concern:

. specification.

Be it known that I, OMER GAGNON, ,a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resi against the wall when not in use. i

1 andcheapen the construction of devices of Hooksof the above class are intended for special usagessuch, for instance as on the backs of church-pews, whereby a hat or other article of apparel may be supported for a time, and whereupon the hook can be laid back against the seat when not in use.

i It is the object of my invention to simplify this class, and to improve their efliciency and make them betteradapted for the uses to which they are put.

With the above objects in View my invention resides and consists in the improved construction and arrangements of parts shown i improved hook complete.

upon the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, upon which similar letters of reference denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several figures, and of which Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my view illustrating the folded position of the hook by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a central vertical cross-section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an inverted perspective view of the hook proper, showing the spring-recess on its under side. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the spring employed in the recess of the hook to retain the same in either an open or closed position, and Fig. dis a detail front elevation of the bracket for supporting the hook.

Referring in detail to the letters of refer ence marked upon the drawings, A indicates asuitable bracket, having screw-holes a, by,

I means of which it can be attached.

1) I) represent ears between which the hook G proper is pivoted by means of a bolt or rivet e, as shown.

From theforegoing construction it will be seen that the hook proper may be extended directly forward, as shown in the several figures, or it may be turned on its pivotal pin Fig. 2 is a plan .of August, A. D. 1902.

and be disposed to one side, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

In order to retain the hook in either of its positions, I have included in the construction a wire spring a, which is preferably located in a recess of the hook and adjacent to the lower ear b. Said spring contains a central hole through which the pivotal pin passes and a straight extension that lies in a corresponding extension of the recess, said end being provided with a deflected end to form a frictional engaging point h, that springsinto the radial grooves l in the lower ear I) as the hook is swung around in line with said grooves and serves to retain the hook in either an open, or closed position.

A hook of this sort is found to be very convenient and desirable and can be employed to a great advantage not only in use upon churchpews, but in wardrobes, hallways, boats, 850., since it occupies but little space and can be turned back entirely out of the way when not in use. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. A clothes-hook of the class described, the same comprising, abracket having forwardlyextended upper and lower ears, a hook movably mounted between said ears, and bearing a recess, a spring located in said recess and between it and the lower ear and bearing a point to engage the ear and hold the hook in position.

2. The combination of a hook, a bracket, a pin pivotally securing the hook to said bracket, a springinterposed between the hook and bracket in a manner to provide a friction for the hook and hold it in either an open or closed position. 7

3, A clothes hook comprising a bracket having ears and radial grooves in one of the latter, a hook pivoted between said ears and adapted to be swung to either side and hearing a recess in its pivotal end, a spring located in said recess and having an end to engage the grooves in the ear, substantially as described.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, this 11th day OMER GAGNON. Witnesses:

O. M. NEWMAN, A. J. FREOEETT. 

